Hi..I'm new to this forum. I have a 22 month old son with multiple food allergies, asthma, MRSA and ezcema. His food allergies include peanuts, tree nuts, eggs, coconuts as of now. We also found out the hard way that he's allergic to pet fur when he respiratory arrested after watching my moms dog for a few days.

Anyhow...this past week he had a severe allergic reaction to a lick of Hummus which contained chickpeas and sesame tahini. I'm assuming the reaction was to one of these since there was no other ingredients that was new (may be both ingredients). I'm taking him for more allergy testing in 2 weeks and was wondering what others with sesame have found to be allergic to. I can bring in any food to be tested but was wondering what else is in the same family as sesame that I can have him tested for. I also plan on bringing kiwi, sunflower seeds and of course the hummus he ate. Any suggestions would be much appreciated or a link to a site that would point me in the right direction too. [/img]

The last I heard, Sesame isn't in a family -- it's a stand alone food. For reasons I've never understood, many people with sesame allergy are also allergic to peanuts and/or nuts. Some are also allergic to other seeds, but these are separate allergies, not families.

fyi - chickpeas are related to peanuts and soy.

It is becoming a more common allergy, and it is more often a severe (anaphylactic) allergy. I react very severely even to trace amounts of it.

_________________self: allergy to sesame seeds and peanuts
3 sons each with at least one of the following allergies: peniciilin, sulfa-based antibiotic, latex, insect bites/stings

Are you in the USA or Canada? If Canada then the above link is *great*. It's great if you are in the USA but sesame doesn't have to be declared on labels here and can be listed as 'spice' or 'natural flavor', etc. Basically any time I see something on a label such as 'flavoring' or 'spice' or 'natural flavor', etc that doens'st clearly say what it contains I must call the company to check if it has sesame. And sesame isn't as well known here and my son has had serious reactions to foods that didn't list any sesame or warnings on them but were made on shared equip with sesame and not cleaned in between so I try to call every company anyway to ask about the chances of cross contamination.

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